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Overwatch 2
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2023 video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment
OverviewAI-generated
Overwatch 2 is a shooter, action, and massively multiplayer game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. It runs on a proprietary engine and is part of the Overwatch franchise. The title was announced on November 1, 2019, and released on October 4, 2022, with a subsequent release in 2023. It supports single player, multiplayer, and co-operative game modes for one to ten players.
The game is available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2. It carries an ESRB rating of Teen. Review aggregators list a Metacritic score of 78, a RAWG rating of 3.13, and IGDB critic ratings of 83 based on three reviews. Other recorded scores include 79/100, 76/100, 77/100, and 65%.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Game data
Metacritic 78- Released
- 2022-10-04
- User rating
- 3.13 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Massively Multiplayer, Action
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series S/X, Nintendo Switch
- ESRB
- Teen
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
Overwatch is a free-to-play first-person hero shooter developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Players choose from a large roster of role-based heroes and compete in 5v5 team matches across various objective-based game modes, with both casual and ranked competitive play. Originally released as Overwatch 2 in 2023 as a successor to the 2016 original, the game was rebranded to simply Overwatch in 2026 with a renewed focus on seasonal narrative content and expanded hero rosters.
- Released
- 2023
- Genres
- Shooter
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Engine
- Proprietary Engine
- Franchise
- Overwatch
- Developer
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Publisher
- Blizzard Entertainment
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Overwatch
- Genre
- hero shooter
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Developer
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Platform
- Xbox Series X and Series S
- Game mode
- co-op mode
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
- Official website
- overwatch.blizzard.com
- Image
- Overwatch 2 - Junker Queen gameplay.jpg
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- distributed by
- Microsoft Store
- announcement date
- 2019-11-01
- input device
- gamepad
- Commons category
- Overwatch 2
- publication date
- 2023-08-10
- title
- Overwatch 2
- language of work or name
- Chinese
- copyright license
- proprietary license
- software version identifier
- 2.22.0.0.148915
- business model
- free-to-play
- review score
- 75/100
- has characteristic
- cross-platform play
- social media followers
- 47100
- hashtag
- オーバーウォッチ2
- minimum number of players
- 1
- maximum number of players
- 10
- compatible with
- Linux
Sources (15)
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